Resources
a continually growing list of resources to teach you about plants, gardening, birds, insects, and everything in between
Take a cup of tea out by the pond. You have a lot of reading to do. 🙂
Books
- Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy
- The Living Landscape by Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy
- Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates by Charley Eiseman and Noah Charney
- Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide by Lawrence Newcomb
- National Audubon Society Field Guide to Trees: Eastern Region (or wherever you live)
- Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern America by Davide Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie
- Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide by Heather Holm
- Common Spiders of North America by Richard A. Bradley
- Caterpillars of Eastern North America by David L. Wagner
- Garden Insects of North America by Whitney Crenshaw
Websites
- The Native Plant Society of New Jersey www.npsnj.org
- Jersey Friendly Yards www.jerseyyards.org
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center www.wildflower.org
- USDA Plants Database www.plants.usda.gov
- Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve https://bhwp.org
- Stockton University Butterfly Blog https://blogs.stockton.edu/sjbfs/